Last year, Žiga Petek did something truly refreshing—he built a custom BMW boxer that bucked all custom BMW boxer trends. With sharp lines and not an inch of pipe wrap in sight, it turned heads wherever it went, and it planted the seed for Žiga’s latest build.
Based on a BMW R65, this one is just as creative as his previous effort, while also being totally different. The story starts a few years ago, when Žiga became an ambassador for Flex Tools via Gas&Retro—his custom bike workshop in the Slovenian town of Notranje Gorice. Before long, Žiga and the head of Flex Tools Slovenia, Boštjan Vidrajz, became friends.
Then Žiga built the aforementioned BMW, and Boštjan was hooked. “He fell in love with BMWs,” Žiga tells us, “so it wasn’t long before he bought himself an 1983 BMW R65.”…